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India's Confronts
Its Own Intolerance

By

Kanwal Rekhi and

Henry S. Rowen

Updated May 23, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

As India and Pakistan teeter once again on the brink of war, the Indian government -- which holds the moral high ground on the matter of terrorism on its soil -- is being rattled by internal violence, most of it among Indians. The severity and significance of this violence have not yet adequately been conveyed in much of the international media. The Indian government's response has begun to raise questions about the character of the world's largest democracy.

For a country that remains largely secular in its public life, India...